US11220737B2 - Systems and methods of modulating flow during vapor jet deposition of organic materials - Google Patents
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- the claimed invention was made by, on behalf of, and/or in connection with one or more of the following parties to a joint university corporation research agreement: Regents of the University of Michigan, Princeton University, University of Southern California, and the Universal Display Corporation. The agreement was in effect on and before the date the claimed invention was made, and the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the agreement.
- the present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and, more specifically, to modulating rate of condensation of organic vapor onto a deposition target while printing patterned organic thin films.
- an actuator may adjust a fly height separation between the aperture of a nozzle and a deposition target. The adjustment of the fly height separation may initiate or stop the deposition of organic material entrained within a jet issuing from the nozzle.
- the nozzle may be controlled so as to deposit a feature according to at least one of a chamber pressure, an exhaust pressure, an exhaust flow, a delivery flow, and a fly height.
- Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide systems and methods to provide a desired feature width, minimized crosstalk and/or overspray, and controllable starting and stopping of deposition of materials.
- Opto-electronic devices that make use of organic materials are becoming increasingly desirable for a number of reasons. Many of the materials used to make such devices are relatively inexpensive, so organic opto-electronic devices have the potential for cost advantages over inorganic devices. In addition, the inherent properties of organic materials, such as their flexibility, may make them well suited for particular applications such as fabrication on a flexible substrate. Examples of organic opto-electronic devices include organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), organic phototransistors, organic photovoltaic cells, and organic photodetectors. For OLEDs, the organic materials may have performance advantages over conventional materials. For example, the wavelength at which an organic emissive layer emits light may generally be readily tuned with appropriate dopants.
- OLEDs organic light emitting devices
- the wavelength at which an organic emissive layer emits light may generally be readily tuned with appropriate dopants.
- OLEDs make use of thin organic films that emit light when voltage is applied across the device. OLEDs are becoming an increasingly interesting technology for use in applications such as flat panel displays, illumination, and backlighting. Several OLED materials and configurations are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,844,363, 6,303,238, and 5,707,745, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
- phosphorescent emissive molecules is a full color display.
- Industry standards for such a display call for pixels adapted to emit particular colors, referred to as “saturated” colors.
- these standards call for saturated red, green, and blue pixels. Color may be measured using CIE coordinates, which are well known to the art.
- a green emissive molecule is tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium, denoted Ir(ppy) 3 , which has the following structure:
- organic includes polymeric materials as well as small molecule organic materials that may be used to fabricate organic opto-electronic devices.
- Small molecule refers to any organic material that is not a polymer, and “small molecules” may actually be quite large. Small molecules may include repeat units in some circumstances. For example, using a long chain alkyl group as a substituent does not remove a molecule from the “small molecule” class. Small molecules may also be incorporated into polymers, for example as a pendent group on a polymer backbone or as a part of the backbone. Small molecules may also serve as the core moiety of a dendrimer, which consists of a series of chemical shells built on the core moiety.
- the core moiety of a dendrimer may be a fluorescent or phosphorescent small molecule emitter.
- a dendrimer may be a “small molecule,” and it is believed that all dendrimers currently used in the field of OLEDs are small molecules.
- top means furthest away from the substrate, while “bottom” means closest to the substrate.
- first layer is described as “disposed over” a second layer, the first layer is disposed further away from substrate. There may be other layers between the first and second layer, unless it is specified that the first layer is “in contact with” the second layer.
- a cathode may be described as “disposed over” an anode, even though there are various organic layers in between.
- solution processible means capable of being dissolved, dispersed, or transported in and/or deposited from a liquid medium, either in solution or suspension form.
- a ligand may be referred to as “photoactive” when it is believed that the ligand directly contributes to the photoactive properties of an emissive material.
- a ligand may be referred to as “ancillary” when it is believed that the ligand does not contribute to the photoactive properties of an emissive material, although an ancillary ligand may alter the properties of a photoactive ligand.
- a first “Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital” (HOMO) or “Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital” (LUMO) energy level is “greater than” or “higher than” a second HOMO or LUMO energy level if the first energy level is closer to the vacuum energy level.
- IP ionization potentials
- a higher HOMO energy level corresponds to an IP having a smaller absolute value (an IP that is less negative).
- a higher LUMO energy level corresponds to an electron affinity (EA) having a smaller absolute value (an EA that is less negative).
- the LUMO energy level of a material is higher than the HOMO energy level of the same material.
- a “higher” HOMO or LUMO energy level appears closer to the top of such a diagram than a “lower” HOMO or LUMO energy level.
- a first work function is “greater than” or “higher than” a second work function if the first work function has a higher absolute value. Because work functions are generally measured as negative numbers relative to vacuum level, this means that a “higher” work function is more negative. On a conventional energy level diagram, with the vacuum level at the top, a “higher” work function is illustrated as further away from the vacuum level in the downward direction. Thus, the definitions of HOMO and LUMO energy levels follow a different convention than work functions.
- OJP Organic Vapor Jet Printing
- OLED Organic Vapor Jet Printing
- a nozzle system can provide the ability to adjust a deposited feature size, minimize cross talk and/or overspray, and can be turned on and off.
- An embodiment of the disclosed subject matter provides a system having a nozzle, a source of material to be deposited on a substrate in fluid communication with the nozzle, a delivery gas source in fluid communication with the source of material to be deposited with the nozzle, an exhaust channel disposed adjacent to the nozzle, a confinement gas source in fluid communication with the nozzle and the exhaust channel, and disposed adjacent to the exhaust channel, and an actuator to adjust a fly height separation between a deposition nozzle aperture of the nozzle and a deposition target.
- An embodiment of the disclosed subject matter provides a method that includes ejecting a vapor entrained in delivery gas from a nozzle onto a substrate upon which the vapor condenses, providing a confinement gas having a flow direction opposing a flow direction of the delivery gas ejected from the nozzle, providing a vacuum source adjacent to a delivery gas aperture of the nozzle, and adjusting, by an actuator, a fly height separation between a deposition nozzle aperture of the nozzle and a deposition target.
- An embodiment of the disclosed subject matter provides a display fabricated using a nozzle, a source of material to be deposited on a substrate in fluid communication with the nozzle, a carrier gas source in fluid communication with the source of material to be deposited and with the nozzle, an exhaust vent disposed adjacent to the nozzle, a confinement gas source disposed adjacent to the exhaust vent, and an actuator to adjust a fly height separation between a deposition nozzle aperture of the nozzle and a deposition target.
- An embodiment of the disclosed subject matter provides a system including a nozzle, a source of material to be deposited on a substrate in fluid communication with the nozzle, a delivery gas source in fluid communication with the source of material to be deposited with the nozzle, an exhaust channel disposed adjacent to the nozzle, a confinement gas source in fluid communication with the nozzle and the exhaust channel, and disposed adjacent to the exhaust channel, and a nozzle block having a plurality of nozzles, with one or more exhaust channels located on the nozzle block that are not adjacent to a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles.
- FIG. 1 shows an organic light emitting device
- FIG. 2 shows an inverted organic light emitting device that does not have a separate electron transport layer.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of overspray in a conventional OVJP or similar system.
- FIG. 4 shows a cross sectional diagram of a deposition structure according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 5 shows example streamlines of delivery gas flow according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 6 shows a plot of organic vapor concentration in a flow field according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 7A shows the thickness of thin film lines as a function of in-plane distance from the nozzle centerline according to conventional overspray reduction technology for depositing materials with non-unity sticking coefficient.
- FIG. 7B shows the thickness of thin film lines as a function of in-plane distance from the nozzle centerline according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 8 shows a conventional organic vapor jet printing (OVJP) system.
- FIG. 9 shows a cross-sectional thickness profile from a conventional OVJP system.
- FIG. 10A shows stream lines emanating from four nozzles of a conventional linear array.
- FIG. 10B shows a resulting deposition profile from the emanated stream lines of FIG. 10A of the conventional linear array.
- FIG. 11 shows an OVJP nozzle array according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 12 shows stream lines of confinement gas flows entering from their respective sources, intersecting a region between a print head and a nozzle assembly, and exiting through an exhaust channel according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 13 shows a bifurcated delivery channel according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 14A shows an aperture configuration of a three element nozzle assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 14B shows a cross section view of flow channels on the nozzle assembly of FIG. 14A according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 14C shows a balanced flow from the nozzle assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 14D shows a modeled thickness distribution of a three element nozzle array of four nozzles according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 14E shows partial nozzles assembles, where some of the partial nozzle assemblies lack delivery apertures according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 15 shows a two dimensional array with deposition apertures aligned so that a deposition from the apertures in successive rows adds to the deposition from the first row according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 16 shows a two dimensional array with both aligned and staggered deposition nozzles according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 17 shows a nozzle assembly that includes confinement distribution channels according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 18 shows spatially resolved flux of organic material from a nozzle assembly onto a substrate predicted by a computational fluid dynamics model according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 19 shows a scanning electron micrograph of the interior channels of a nozzle assembly etched from a silicon (Si) wafer according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 20A shows a micrograph of the substrate-facing edge of a Si die according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, including the nozzle, exhaust apertures, and other features.
- FIG. 20B shows a schematic illustration of an OLED structure fabricated according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 21A shows an example of a line of electroluminescent material printed by a technique according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 21B shows an example of a line of electroluminescent material printed by a conventional technique used previous to the invention.
- FIG. 22 shows a cross section view of a nozzle assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 23A shows a block diagram of a nozzle array and a substrate, where a distance between the nozzle array and the substrate is controlled by a controller and an actuator according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIGS. 23B-23C show that increasing the fly height may also increase the flow of confinement gas towards the exhausts, which may increase the efficiency of organic vapor removal from the deposition zone according to embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 24 shows a bottom view of nozzle apertures on silicon die according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 25 shows a photoluminescence obtained by UV (ultraviolet) microscopy showing starting and stopping of printed feature according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 26 shows a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model showing streamlines along an X-direction under conditions of exhaust flow, deposition flow, and fly height that create a near lift off condition relative to a substrate according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- CFD computational fluid dynamic
- FIG. 27 shows a Y-plane view of modeled data showing flow of confinement gas and carrier gas during lift-off conditions, where the view is along the length of aperture slits according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 28 shows a modeled three-dimensional (3-D plot) showing flow lines and lift off according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 29 shows profilometry results of lines printed at various process conditions according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- FIG. 30 shows a plot of organic vapor deposition rates for various fly heights and delivery gas flow rates according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- an OLED comprises at least one organic layer disposed between and electrically connected to an anode and a cathode.
- the anode injects holes and the cathode injects electrons into the organic layer(s).
- the injected holes and electrons each migrate toward the oppositely charged electrode.
- an “exciton,” which is a localized electron-hole pair having an excited energy state is formed.
- Light is emitted when the exciton relaxes via a photoemissive mechanism.
- the exciton may be localized on an excimer or an exciplex. Non-radiative mechanisms, such as thermal relaxation, may also occur, but are generally considered undesirable.
- the initial OLEDs used emissive molecules that emitted light from their singlet states (“fluorescence”) as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,769,292, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. Fluorescent emission generally occurs in a time frame of less than 10 nanoseconds.
- FIG. 1 shows an organic light emitting device 100 .
- Device 100 may include a substrate 110 , an anode 115 , a hole injection layer 120 , a hole transport layer 125 , an electron blocking layer 130 , an emissive layer 135 , a hole blocking layer 140 , an electron transport layer 145 , an electron injection layer 150 , a protective layer 155 , a cathode 160 , and a barrier layer 170 .
- Cathode 160 is a compound cathode having a first conductive layer 162 and a second conductive layer 164 .
- Device 100 may be fabricated by depositing the layers described, in order. The properties and functions of these various layers, as well as example materials, are described in more detail in U.S. Pat. No. 7,279,704 at cols. 6-10, which are incorporated by reference.
- each of these layers are available.
- a flexible and transparent substrate-anode combination is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,844,363, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- An example of a p-doped hole transport layer is m-MTDATA doped with F 4 -TCNQ at a molar ratio of 50:1, as disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0230980, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- Examples of emissive and host materials are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,303,238 to Thompson et al., which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- An example of an n-doped electron transport layer is BPhen doped with Li at a molar ratio of 1:1, as disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0230980, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- the theory and use of blocking layers is described in more detail in U.S. Pat. No. 6,097,147 and U.S. Patent Application Publication No.
- FIG. 2 shows an inverted OLED 200 .
- the device includes a substrate 210 , a cathode 215 , an emissive layer 220 , a hole transport layer 225 , and an anode 230 .
- Device 200 may be fabricated by depositing the layers described, in order. Because the most common OLED configuration has a cathode disposed over the anode, and device 200 has cathode 215 disposed under anode 230 , device 200 may be referred to as an “inverted” OLED. Materials similar to those described with respect to device 100 may be used in the corresponding layers of device 200 .
- FIG. 2 provides one example of how some layers may be omitted from the structure of device 100 .
- FIGS. 1 and 2 The simple layered structure illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided by way of non-limiting example, and it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be used in connection with a wide variety of other structures.
- the specific materials and structures described are exemplary in nature, and other materials and structures may be used.
- Functional OLEDs may be achieved by combining the various layers described in different ways, or layers may be omitted entirely, based on design, performance, and cost factors. Other layers not specifically described may also be included. Materials other than those specifically described may be used. Although many of the examples provided herein describe various layers as comprising a single material, it is understood that combinations of materials, such as a mixture of host and dopant, or more generally a mixture, may be used. Also, the layers may have various sublayers.
- hole transport layer 225 transports holes and injects holes into emissive layer 220 , and may be described as a hole transport layer or a hole injection layer.
- an OLED may be described as having an “organic layer” disposed between a cathode and an anode. This organic layer may comprise a single layer, or may further comprise multiple layers of different organic materials as described, for example, with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- OLEDs comprised of polymeric materials (PLEDs) such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,247,190 to Friend et al., which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- PLEDs polymeric materials
- OLEDs having a single organic layer may be used.
- OLEDs may be stacked, for example as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,707,745 to Forrest et al, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- the OLED structure may deviate from the simple layered structure illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- the substrate may include an angled reflective surface to improve out-coupling, such as a mesa structure as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,091,195 to Forrest et al., and/or a pit structure as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,834,893 to Bulovic et al., which are incorporated by reference in their entireties.
- any of the layers of the various embodiments may be deposited by any suitable method.
- preferred methods include thermal evaporation, ink-jet, such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,013,982 and 6,087,196, which are incorporated by reference in their entireties, organic vapor phase deposition (OVPD), such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,337,102 to Forrest et al., which is incorporated by reference in its entirety, and deposition by organic vapor jet printing (OVJP), such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,431,968, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- OVPD organic vapor phase deposition
- OJP organic vapor jet printing
- Other suitable deposition methods include spin coating and other solution based processes.
- Solution based processes are preferably carried out in nitrogen or an inert atmosphere.
- preferred methods include thermal evaporation.
- Preferred patterning methods include deposition through a mask, cold welding such as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,294,398 and 6,468,819, which are incorporated by reference in their entireties, and patterning associated with some of the deposition methods such as ink-jet and OVJD. Other methods may also be used.
- the materials to be deposited may be modified to make them compatible with a particular deposition method. For example, substituents such as alkyl and aryl groups, branched or unbranched, and preferably containing at least 3 carbons, may be used in small molecules to enhance their ability to undergo solution processing.
- Substituents having 20 carbons or more may be used, and 3-20 carbons is a preferred range. Materials with asymmetric structures may have better solution processibility than those having symmetric structures, because asymmetric materials may have a lower tendency to recrystallize. Dendrimer substituents may be used to enhance the ability of small molecules to undergo solution processing.
- Devices fabricated in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may further optionally comprise a barrier layer.
- a barrier layer One purpose of the barrier layer is to protect the electrodes and organic layers from damaging exposure to harmful species in the environment including moisture, vapor and/or gases, etc.
- the barrier layer may be deposited over, under or next to a substrate, an electrode, or over any other parts of a device including an edge.
- the barrier layer may comprise a single layer, or multiple layers.
- the barrier layer may be formed by various known chemical vapor deposition techniques and may include compositions having a single phase as well as compositions having multiple phases. Any suitable material or combination of materials may be used for the barrier layer.
- the barrier layer may incorporate an inorganic or an organic compound or both.
- the preferred barrier layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material as described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,968,146, PCT Pat. Application Nos. PCT/US2007/023098 and PCT/US2009/042829, which are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.
- the aforesaid polymeric and non-polymeric materials comprising the barrier layer should be deposited under the same reaction conditions and/or at the same time.
- the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material may be in the range of 95:5 to 5:95.
- the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material may be created from the same precursor material.
- the mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material consists essentially of polymeric silicon and inorganic silicon.
- Devices fabricated in accordance with embodiments of the invention can be incorporated into a wide variety of electronic component modules (or units) that can be incorporated into a variety of electronic products or intermediate components. Examples of such electronic products or intermediate components include display screens, lighting devices such as discrete light source devices or lighting panels, etc. that can be utilized by the end-user product manufacturers. Such electronic component modules can optionally include the driving electronics and/or power source(s). Devices fabricated in accordance with embodiments of the invention can be incorporated into a wide variety of consumer products that have one or more of the electronic component modules (or units) incorporated therein. Such consumer products would include any kind of products that include one or more light source(s) and/or one or more of some type of visual displays.
- Some examples of such consumer products include flat panel displays, computer monitors, medical monitors, televisions, billboards, lights for interior or exterior illumination and/or signaling, heads-up displays, fully or partially transparent displays, flexible displays, laser printers, telephones, cell phones, tablets, phablets, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, digital cameras, camcorders, viewfinders, micro-displays, 3-D displays, vehicles, a large area wall, theater or stadium screen, or a sign.
- PDAs personal digital assistants
- Various control mechanisms may be used to control devices fabricated in accordance with the present invention, including passive matrix and active matrix. Many of the devices are intended for use in a temperature range comfortable to humans, such as 18° C. to 30° C., and more preferably at room temperature (20°-25° C.), but could be used outside this temperature range, for example, from ⁇ 40° C. to +80° C.
- the materials and structures described herein may have applications in devices other than OLEDs.
- other optoelectronic devices such as organic solar cells and organic photodetectors may employ the materials and structures.
- organic devices such as organic transistors, may employ the materials and structures.
- purge gas may be referred as confinement gas in the present application
- carrier gas may be referred to as delivery gas
- evacuation channels may be referred to as exhaust channels
- a carrier gas nozzle may be referred to as a delivery aperture
- a sweep gas may be referred to as a confinement gas
- a nozzle orifice may be referred to as a nozzle aperture or delivery channel
- a vacuum vent may be referred to as an exhaust channel, and the like.
- confinement flow and/or confinement gas refer to gases and gas flows that may come in from outside of a deposition zone and may reduce the spread of organic vapor by opposing an in-substrate plane motion of a delivery gas flow.
- Confinement flow and/or confinement gas may drive surplus organic material into exhaust apertures that are coupled to exhaust channels. That is, a confinement flow may include a confinement gas, which generally has a higher molecular weight than a delivery gas.
- a confinement gas may be drawn from a chamber ambient or introduced through specialized nozzles (e.g., confinement apertures that are coupled to confinement channels).
- the confinement channel may be the gap underneath a nozzle array at fly height, which may be the gap between the nozzle and substrate.
- a delivery aperture may be the intersection of the delivery channel and the edge of the print head proximal to the substrate. It may be subdivided to smaller apertures.
- a delivery flow and/or delivery gas may entrain organic vapor from source ovens and carry it through a delivery channel to a deposition zone on a substrate proximal to a print head tip.
- the delivery flow can be a mixture of flows from multiple source ovens.
- the delivery gas may be helium and/or any other suitable gas.
- the delivery gas may be one or more gases, and may be a mixture of gases.
- the one or more gases and/or mixture of gases of the delivery gas may be from one or more sources.
- a delivery channel may lead organic vapor from one or more sources towards the substrate.
- the delivery channel may be generally oriented along the substrate normal, but it can also be angled.
- the delivery channel intersection with the print head edge may define the delivery aperture.
- An exhaust aperture and/or exhaust channel may surround the delivery channel. It can be oriented in parallel with the delivery channel or angled relative to it. Typically the exhaust is configured to remove delivery gas from a deposition zone. When a confinement gas is present, the confinement flow established between the confinement flow source and the exhaust channel removes surplus organic vapor from the deposition zone.
- a confinement gas may be one or more gases, and may be a mixture of gases. The one or more gases and/or mixture of gases of the confinement gas may be from one or more sources.
- the exhaust channel intersection with the print head edge defines the exhaust aperture.
- a nozzle may be a single, microfabricated unit of a nozzle assembly including the delivery and exhaust apertures, as well as the confinement apertures when present.
- a nozzle block may be one-piece microfabricated assembly having one or more nozzles.
- the nozzle block may be held over the substrate by a heated clamp.
- a print head may include the nozzle block and the heated holder containing the fluid connections necessary to interface the nozzle block with one or more sources such as source ovens, an exhaust line to the outside of the chamber, and a confinement gas source.
- sources such as source ovens, an exhaust line to the outside of the chamber, and a confinement gas source.
- OLEDs organic vapor jet printing
- OVJP organic vapor jet printing
- An inert delivery gas transports organic vapor from evaporation sources to a nozzle array.
- the nozzle array generates a jet of gas-vapor mixture that impinges on a substrate.
- the organic vapor condenses on the substrate in a well-defined spot.
- Features can be drawn by moving the substrate relative to the print head.
- Co-deposition of host and dopant, as may be desirable for phosphorescent OLEDs, can be achieved by mixing vapors from different sources upstream of the nozzle.
- Microfabricated nozzle arrays have been demonstrated to achieve printing resolution comparable to that required for display applications.
- Molecules of organic vapor may reflect away from the substrate rather than adsorbing to it. This may cause deposition beyond intended boundaries and the vapor has the potential to contaminate neighboring features.
- a variety of transport mechanisms may carry dilute organic vapor away from the nozzle.
- the organic vapor plume emanating from the nozzle is broadened by both convection and diffusion.
- Kn is greater than 1
- printed features are broadened by ballistic motion of vapor molecules transverse to the substrate normal. In either case, feature broadening may be exacerbated if organic molecules do not adsorb upon contact with the substrate.
- Convective and diffusive broadening may be minimized by operating an OVJP process at a very low background pressure, for example, less than 10 ⁇ 4 Torr. However, overspray may persist due to non-unity a as shown in FIG. 3 .
- Fine features may be printed with OVJP, for example, by placing a heated nozzle array 301 close to the substrate 302 . Organic molecules that fail to adsorb on the substrate 302 may reflect back onto the underside of the nozzle array 301 and become scattered beyond the desired printing area 303 .
- Organic molecules that may initially adsorb (e.g., molecules 304 ) to the substrate 302 stay within the desired printing area 303 , while molecules that do not adsorb (e.g., molecules 305 ) may be scattered further afield.
- the nozzle of the nozzle array 301 may be heated so that organic molecules (e.g., molecules 305 ) do not stick to its underside, and instead may be redirected onto the substrate 302 where they may land outside of the desired deposition area (e.g., desired printing area 303 ).
- the desired deposition area e.g., desired printing area 303
- FIG. 4 shows a cross sectional diagram of a deposition structure (e.g., a nozzle assembly 400 ) according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- a delivery channel 401 may be adjacent to, or surrounded by one or more exhaust channels 402 .
- a delivery gas transporting a material to be deposited on a substrate 302 may be ejected from an aperture of the delivery channel 401 toward the substrate 302 .
- Organic molecules that do not adsorb to the substrate e.g., molecules 305
- a confinement gas 403 may be provided in a direction opposing the flow of material ejected from the aperture of the delivery channel of the nozzle.
- the confinement gas 403 may be provided from a source, such as a nozzle, an ambient source, or the like, from a location below the nozzle (i.e., between an aperture of the nozzle and the substrate 302 ) and adjacent to the nozzle and/or the exhaust channel 402 .
- the confinement gas may be provided via a nozzle that is integrated with or integrally part of the nozzle block. Such a nozzle may be used even where the confinement gas flow is provided from the ambient environment.
- a nozzle block may include one or more channels etched into the bottom of the nozzle block, through which the confinement gas 403 may be directed.
- One or more external nozzles may be used to direct the confinement gas into the deposition region.
- the confinement gas provided to the region between the nozzle assembly 400 and the substrate 302 may be chilled, such that it has an average temperature lower than the ambient temperature of a chamber in which the deposition is performed. It also may be provided at ambient temperature, or at a temperature higher than ambient.
- the confinement gas may flow inward from the outside of the deposition zone and guide surplus material into the exhaust channels 402 .
- the confinement gas flow may oppose the flow of material ejected from the nozzle if the majority of the confinement gas flow is primarily in a direction anti-parallel to a direction in which the majority of the material ejected from the nozzle flows.
- Flow out of the nozzle (e.g., the delivery channel 401 ) in the deposition zone may be primarily defined by the gap between the nozzle block and substrate 301 , rather than by the geometry of the nozzle itself.
- a confinement gas flow in the plane of the substrate 302 can therefore be considered to oppose a nozzle flow (e.g., a flow from an aperture of the delivery channel 401 ), regardless of the orientation of the nozzle.
- a nozzle flow e.g., a flow from an aperture of the delivery channel 401
- the nozzle e.g., an aperture of the delivery channel 401
- material ejected from the nozzle is redirected by the substrate 302 so that it travels in the plane of the substrate 302 .
- Ejected material is then redirected out of the plane of the substrate 302 further downstream from the nozzle (e.g., the aperture of the delivery channel 401 ) where it intersects a confinement gas flow moving in the opposite direction.
- the stream of confinement gas can originate either from the chamber ambient or from dedicated nozzles connected to an external gas source.
- the exhaust channel 402 may be connected to a vacuum source, i.e., a source of pressure lower than that of the region between the nozzle (e.g., an aperture of the delivery channel 401 ) and the substrate 302 .
- the vacuum source may be external to the deposition structure (e.g., the nozzle assembly 400 ).
- the nozzle block or other deposition mechanism may include a connector configured to connect the exhaust channel 402 to an external vacuum source.
- the exhaust channel 402 may be angled, relative to the delivery channel 401 , to allow sufficient material between the exhaust channel 402 and the delivery channel 401 within the nozzle block.
- This configuration may provide sufficient material in the nozzle block between the channels (e.g., the delivery channel 401 and the exhaust channel 402 ) for the nozzle block to be structurally sound.
- the exhaust channel 402 within the nozzle block may be angled relative to the delivery channel 401 .
- Such a configuration may improve the uniformity of the deposited material on the substrate.
- an angled passage may minimize and/or prevent formation of sharp angle through which the confinement gas, delivery gas, and/or undeposited material would have to flow, as shown in further detail in the examples and simulations disclosed herein.
- the exhaust channel 402 may surround the nozzle passage (e.g., the delivery channel 401 ) within the nozzle block (e.g., the nozzle assembly 400 ).
- the exhaust channel 402 may be of sufficient width within the nozzle block (e.g., the nozzle assembly 400 ) such that the smallest distance between the delivery channel 401 and the exhaust channel 402 is the same in at least two directions relative to the nozzle.
- the nozzle aperture may be defined by the planar edge of the nozzle block and a channel within the nozzle block. That is, a nozzle as disclosed herein may not require an additional tapered and/or other extended physical portion that extends beyond a lower surface of the nozzle block.
- the nozzle aperture (e.g., delivery channel 401 ) can be bifurcated or otherwise divided by delivery channel separator 404 to include multiple apertures (e.g., multiple delivery channels 401 , as shown in FIG. 4 ).
- the delivery channel 401 that is divided by the delivery channel separator 404 may improve the uniformity of organic material flux onto the substrate 302 within the deposition zone. For example, without bifurcation (e.g., without the presence of the delivery channel separator 404 ), a raised or rounded deposition profile may result.
- a nozzle as disclosed herein may include multiple apertures.
- Nozzles as disclosed herein may be oriented vertically, i.e., positioned such that the axis of the delivery channel is perpendicular to a substrate on which material ejected by the nozzle is to be deposited.
- one or more nozzles may be positioned at an angle relative to the substrate, such as an angle between 00 and 900.
- a nozzle block as disclosed herein may include multiple delivery apertures and/or multiple exhaust channels, which may be disposed in any suitable arrangement within the nozzle block.
- multiple delivery apertures may be disposed within a nozzle block, with exhaust channels disposed between adjacent nozzles.
- multiple nozzles When multiple nozzles are used within a single nozzle block, they may be disposed in any suitable arrangement, such as a linear, staggered, or layered arrangement.
- Each arrangement of nozzles may be used to perform different ordered or simultaneous deposition. For example, in a linear arrangement, each nozzle may deposit a different layer over a single substrate that is moved past each nozzle in the linear arrangement in turn.
- the nozzle block, or a portion of the nozzle block may be heated to a temperature higher than the evaporation point of the least volatile organic material in the delivery gas ejected by the nozzles. This may further minimize and/or prevent the material from condensing on various parts of the deposition apparatus.
- Deposition systems as disclosed herein also may include a substrate holder or other arrangement configured to position the substrate 302 below the nozzle (e.g., the delivery channel 401 ).
- the substrate holder may be positioned relative to the nozzle such that a substrate 302 placed on the substrate holder is positioned about 10-1000 ⁇ m below the nozzle aperture.
- a chiller plate e.g., a thermoelectric cooler
- other lower-temperature device or region may be disposed adjacent to the nozzle surface (e.g., the surface having an aperture of the delivery channel 401 ) of the nozzle block (e.g., the nozzle assembly 400 ).
- a chiller plate may be disposed adjacent to the lower surface of a nozzle block facing the substrate 302 , adjacent to one or more nozzles.
- a chiller plate also may be disposed adjacent to the nozzle block, but may not be in physical contact with the nozzle block.
- the deposition systems and techniques disclosed herein may be performed within a deposition chamber.
- the chamber may be filled with one or more gases, which may be used to provide the confinement gas flow as previously disclosed.
- the deposition chamber may be filled with one or more gases, such that the ambient environment in the chamber has a composition different from that of the confinement gas and/or the delivery gas or gases used as disclosed herein.
- the confinement gas and/or delivery gas may be one or more gases, which may be from one or more sources.
- the deposition chamber may be maintained at any suitable pressure, including 10 Torr, 100 Torr, 760 Torr, or the like.
- Deposition systems as disclosed herein may be used to deposit various components of OLED or similar devices as previously disclosed. Alternatively, or in addition, they may be rastered across a substrate so as to deposit a uniform film of material on the substrate.
- the deposition system may include an alignment system that rasters one or more nozzles based upon the existence and position of fiducial marks on the substrate.
- FIG. 5 shows example streamlines of delivery gas flow according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- the delivery flow 501 follows streamlines connecting the aperture of the delivery channel 401 with the exhaust channel 402 .
- the confinement gas flow 502 follows streamlines connecting gas inlet 403 to the exhaust channel 402 .
- the confinement gas flow 502 generally opposes the delivery flow 501 .
- the flows intersect 503 and turn toward the exhaust channel 402 .
- This in turn forms a barrier, which may be referred to as a “gas curtain”, to the spread of organic material along the plane of the substrate (e.g., substrate 302 of FIG. 4 ).
- Organic vapor that does not condense on the substrate under the nozzle in region 504 may remain entrained within the delivery gas flow 505 entering the exhaust (e.g., exhaust channel 402 of FIG. 4 ).
- the material is then removed from the deposition area as this flow passes through the exhaust (e.g., the exhaust channel 402 shown in FIG. 4 ).
- FIG. 6 shows a plot of the concentration of organic vapor in the flow field.
- a plume containing a high concentration of organic vapor 601 may emanate from the delivery aperture.
- the material in this plume diffusively transports across a concentration gradient 602 towards the substrate.
- the remainder of the vapor is transported from the substrate with portion of the plume exiting the exhaust via 603 .
- Organic vapor that does diffuse across streamlines into the confinement gas flow may be removed through the exhaust channel as the confinement gas exits. Convection from the confinement gas flow drives organic vapor upward and away from the substrate. Transport of organic vapor onto regions of substrate covered by the confinement gas flow, therefore, may be negligible.
- Pe is on the order of 1-10 underneath the nozzle, and 10-100 in the confinement gas flow. Convective transport therefore dominates in the confinement gas stream, permitting effective removal of organic vapor through the exhaust channel.
- Deposition systems of the embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may be fabricated using any suitable technique.
- the features of the nozzle block may be etched into a silicon wafer using photolithography, reactive ion etching, or the like.
- the structure also may be fabricated by etching channels into multiple wafers that are then bonded together to form the desired three-dimensional structures, for example, using wafer bonding and/or optical alignment techniques.
- Suitable wafer bonding techniques may include, for example, anodic, gold eutectic, solder, Si fusion, and the like.
- individual dies may be singulated, such as by stealth dicing, to from a wafer structure, allowing for the nozzle tips, exhaust channels, and other ports on a nozzle block to be defined by the die edges.
- Shadow masks may be fabricated from thin metal sheets which are stretched on frames and subsequently aligned to patterns on the substrate. Perforations in the shadow mask may define the area of the substrate that will be covered by deposition. For large area displays, shadow masks are typically difficult to use due to mask heating and sagging, which may adversely affect yield.
- OJP Organic Vapor Jet Printing
- OJP is a vapor deposition technology that is capable of printing narrow, pixel width lines over large areas without the use of shadow masks.
- Organic vapors entrained in an inert delivery gas may be ejected from a nozzle and impinge on a substrate where the vapors condense, resulting in a deposited film.
- the design of the nozzle may determine the size and shape of the deposit.
- FIG. 8 shows a first generation OVJP system that uses a round nozzle formed in metal or glass with a size limited to about 0.3 mm in diameter, which is capable of depositing lines of several mm in width.
- the cross sectional thickness profile related to such a nozzle is shown in FIG. 9 .
- the nozzle is typically rastered over the substrate, or the substrate is rastered under a stationary nozzle.
- high definition 4K HD displays typically have 3840 rows of vertical pixels. Printing such a display, one row at a time with a single nozzle, may be very time consuming.
- the desired time to complete each display step (TAKT time) may be on the order of 2-5 minutes. To meet the TAKT time requirement, an array of nozzles would be required.
- FIGS. 10A-10B show computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeled deposition (thickness) profile of a conventional linear array of four 30 micron wide simple nozzles spaced 500 microns apart. Delivery gas pressure for this simulation is 15,000 Pa and the chamber pressure is 10,000 Pa.
- FIG. 10A shows the stream lines emanating from the four nozzles. There is no flow between the second and third nozzles. Flow from the second and third nozzles may be driven towards the first and fourth nozzles, respectively, by regions of low pressure at the edges of the nozzle assembly.
- FIG. 10B shows the resulting deposition profile. The two inner nozzles exhibit a lower deposition rate than the outer nozzles, and all deposition profiles are very broad due to gas flow between nozzles directed toward the outer edges of the nozzle assembly.
- FIG. 12 shows modeled stream lines of the delivery 511 and 512 confinement gas flows entering from their respective sources, intersecting in the region between the print head and nozzle assembly 513 and exiting through the exhaust channel 514 .
- Spreading of the delivery gas may be limited by the opposing flow of the confinement gas.
- each nozzle may be constructed with the delivery channel in the center of the nozzle assembly.
- Exhaust channels may be located adjacent to the sides of the delivery aperture.
- Two confinement channels may be disposed adjacent to the exhaust channels, and farther from the center nozzle.
- the channel may form a layered structure with five flow channels (e.g., a delivery channel, two exhaust channels and two confinement gas channels) separated by non-flow regions. Viewed edge-on, the channels form five apertures.
- the apertures may include apertures that are communicatively coupled to the confinement gas channels, the exhaust channels, and the delivery channel.
- FIG. 13 shows a bifurcated delivery channel, which appears as a pair of narrow apertures. In the substrate view of FIG. 13 , each aperture is shown generally rectangular in shape with the short axis perpendicular to the direction of travel over the substrate. As shown in FIG. 13 , the delivery aperture has a shorter length (long axis of the nozzle) than the exhaust and confinement apertures.
- the spacing and shape of the apertures and gas flow in each channel may be configured so as to produce a desired printed line width, having limited or no overspray. Process conditions may be set so the net flow from each nozzle assembly is zero, the flow into the nozzle assembly is equal to the flow out of the nozzle assembly, and there is no net pressure change between neighboring nozzles.
- FIGS. 14A-14D show a schematic of a linear array of simple nozzles and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of nearest neighbor effects on the deposition patterns.
- FIG. 14A shows the aperture configuration of the three element nozzle assembly (e.g., a delivery channel, an exhaust channel, and a confinement gas channel), and
- FIG. 14B is a cross-section view showing the flow channels on the nozzle assembly.
- FIG. 14C i.e., the “balanced flow” shows the nozzle configuration used to model the three element nozzle array of four nozzles (i.e., each nozzle of the four nozzle array has three elements), where the modeled thickness distribution obtained using the nozzle array is shown in FIG. 14D .
- Process conditions for FIGS. 14A-14D are listed in Table 1.
- FIG. 14E Another embodiment of the disclosed subject matter is shown in FIG. 14E , where one or more exhaust channels or confinement channels are situated on the outside positions on each side of the linear array of nozzle assemblies.
- These partial nozzle assemblies 1402 lack delivery apertures.
- Exhaust and/or confinement channels may be present singly, in pairs, or in multiples in these partial nozzle assemblies.
- the exhaust and/or confinement channels may reduce edge effects on the flow fields of depositing nozzle assemblies 1401 closer to the center of the array.
- FIG. 10B and FIG. 14D show a comparison of the modeled results from a four nozzle array of simple nozzles ( FIG. 10B ) and a four nozzle array of three element nozzles ( FIG. 14D ).
- Comparison of the single nozzle stream lines shows that flow caused by the neighboring nozzle shifts the deposition pattern in the direction of gas flow toward the perimeter of the nozzle array. The shift has two effects: (1) moving the center of the deposit, and (2) broadening the deposition.
- the three element deposition profile shows a well-defined peak shape with a width of 150 ⁇ m ( FIG. 14D ).
- the simple nozzle profile ( FIG. 10B ) shows irregularly shaped peaks with broad deposition.
- the deposition from the two inner nozzles merges with the distribution from the outer nozzles.
- Pixels in a display may be spaced at regular intervals and organic material for that pixel must be deposited so that no material from the pixel impinges on neighboring pixels.
- the tail of the deposition distribution may move into a neighboring pixel. If material does deposit on neighboring pixels the color, efficiency and lifetime may be adversely affected.
- the deposited organic material must have uniform thickness and composition profiles. If the flux from a nozzle is altered, the thickness profile will become less uniform, and the quality of light emitted from each pixel will not be equivalent.
- FIG. 15 shows a two-dimensional array with deposition apertures aligned so that deposition from apertures in successive rows would add the deposition from the first row.
- FIG. 16 shows a two-dimensional array having both aligned deposition nozzles and staggered deposition nozzles. This configuration may print lines with half the spacing of the array in FIG. 15 because of the staggered nozzles and would double print each line by having two aligned nozzles, as in FIG. 15 .
- a deposition device or system as disclosed herein may include a connector configured to connect to an external vacuum source.
- the connector places an exhaust aperture, coupled to the exhaust channel, in fluid communication with the external vacuum source when connected to the external vacuum source.
- the exhaust channel of the device can be angled away from a delivery gas aperture, where the delivery gas aperture is in fluid communication with the delivery gas source.
- a confinement gas from the confinement gas source can be provided at a temperature lower than a delivery gas temperature.
- the confinement gas may be provided by the confinement gas source at the same temperature as a delivery gas through additional apertures of the nozzle.
- the confinement gas from the confinement gas source may be provided at a temperature greater than a delivery gas temperature.
- the nozzle of the device may include a plurality of apertures.
- the nozzle can include a delivery channel separator disposed within a delivery channel opening, where the delivery channel separator divides the delivery opening into two or more distinct apertures, and wherein the delivery channel opening is in fluid communication with the delivery gas source.
- the device can include a nozzle block having a delivery aperture and an exhaust aperture, where the delivery aperture is in fluid communication with the delivery gas source and the exhaust aperture is in fluid communication with the exhaust channel.
- One or more exhaust apertures may at least partially surrounds the delivery aperture within the nozzle block.
- the delivery aperture may be defined by an edge of the nozzle block and a channel in the nozzle block.
- the exhaust aperture may at least partially surround the channel in the nozzle block.
- the nozzle block may include one or more confinement gas apertures in fluid communication with the confinement gas source.
- the nozzle block may include a chiller plate disposed adjacent to the nozzle.
- the nozzle block may include a plurality of nozzles. In some embodiments, the plurality of nozzles may be disposed in a linear arrangement within the nozzle block. Alternatively, the plurality of nozzles may be disposed in a staggered arrangement within the nozzle block.
- a confinement gas from the confinement gas source may have at least the same average molar mass as a delivery gas from the delivery gas source.
- the confinement gas from the confinement gas source has a higher average molar mass than a delivery gas from the delivery gas source.
- the confinement gas source may be in fluid communication with an external confinement gas source that is external to the device.
- the confinement gas can be a pure gas (i.e., a single gas) or a mixture of two or more gases.
- the device may include a substrate holder disposed below the nozzle, for example, as shown in FIG. 11 .
- the substrate holder permits loading and unloading of the substrate and moves the substrate relative to the nozzle assembly during printing.
- the substrate holder may be disposed a distance from the nozzle sufficient to position a substrate 10-1000 ⁇ m from the nozzle.
- the substrate holder may be temperature controlled to remove heat transferred to the substrate during printing and maintain the substrate at an optimum temperature for printing organic material. Temperature control may be accomplished with a cooling loop inside of the substrate holder that permits heat exchange fluid to flow in a closed circuit between the substrate holder and a heat sink. Temperature control may also be achieved with a thermoelectric device, and/or with helium backside cooling.
- Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a method including ejecting a delivery gas and a material to be deposited on a substrate from a nozzle, providing a confinement gas having a flow direction opposing a flow direction of the delivery gas ejected from the nozzle; and providing a vacuum source adjacent to a delivery gas aperture of the nozzle.
- the method may include providing the confinement gas at a temperature lower than the ambient temperature below the nozzle.
- the method may include providing the confinement gas at the same temperature as a delivery gas through additional apertures of the nozzle.
- the method may provide the confinement gas at a temperature greater than a delivery gas temperature.
- the confinement gas may be provided from an ambient chamber.
- the confinement gas may be provided from one or more nozzles in fluid communication with a confinement gas source external to a process chamber in which the nozzle is disposed.
- the confinement gas may be provided through a pair of apertures of the nozzle.
- the method may include chilling the confinement gas.
- the method may include rastering the nozzle over a substrate disposed adjacent to the nozzle to form a continuous film above the substrate.
- the method may include providing a plurality of delivery gases and a plurality of materials to be deposited on the substrate via the nozzle, wherein the nozzle has one or more apertures.
- Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may provide a nozzle assembly having a plurality of nozzles, with each nozzle comprising at least three separate types of flow channels which include a delivery channel to provide a delivery gas including an organic material, exhaust channels arranged adjacent to the delivery channel to evacuate gas from an area disposed between the nozzle assembly and a substrate, and confinement gas channels arranged adjacent to the exhaust channels to supply a confinement gas flow.
- the nozzles of the nozzle array may be arranged to form a linear array.
- the nozzles of the nozzle assembly may be arranged to form a two dimensional array.
- a sum of gas flows from the delivery channel and the confinement gas channels may be equal to a gas flow from the exhaust channels.
- a gas flow from the exhaust channels may be greater than a sum of gas flows from the delivery channel and the confinement gas channels of the nozzle assembly.
- a gas flow from the exhaust channels may be less than a sum of gas flows from the delivery channel and the confinement gas channels of the nozzle assembly.
- the nozzle assembly may include a nozzle block having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a linear or two dimensional (2D) array, and gas channels disposed on a bottom surface of the nozzle block.
- the nozzle block of the nozzle assembly may include confinement distribution channels that provide a low impedance path for the flow of confinement gas from a process chamber ambient or a separate gas supply to the confinement channels of each nozzle assembly.
- the confinement distribution channel may be the region between the nozzle assembly and the substrate adjacent to the deposition zone underneath the delivery and exhaust apertures.
- the confinement distribution channel may place the chamber ambient in fluid communication with each nozzle assembly.
- Confinement distribution channels may be integrated within the nozzle block or they may be recesses in a surface of the nozzle block adjacent to the substrate. The widened gas flow paths formed between the recesses in the die surface and the substrate form the confinement distribution channels.
- the confinement distribution channels may be formed from recesses in the substrate-adjacent edge of the nozzle block that have a constant cross-section in planes parallel to a plane of the nozzle block.
- the confinement distribution channels may be arranged so that one is adjacent to each side of each nozzle.
- the delivery gas may have lower molecular weight than the confinement gas.
- the delivery gas and confinement gas may be the same gas.
- the molecular weight of the delivery gas may be greater than the molecular weight of the confinement gas.
- a deposition pattern from each nozzle of the nozzle assembly may be equivalent to one another.
- Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may provide forming a nozzle assembly having a plurality of nozzles, with each nozzle comprising at least three separate types of flow channels, including forming a first channel to provide a delivery gas including an organic material, forming a plurality of second channels arranged adjacent to the first channel to evacuate gas from an area disposed between the nozzle assembly and a substrate, and forming a plurality of confinement gas channels arranged adjacent to the plurality of second channels to supply a confinement gas flow.
- Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a deposition system having a nozzle assembly having a plurality of nozzles, with each nozzle comprising at least three separate types of flow channels which include a first channel to provide a delivery gas including an organic material, a plurality of second channels arranged adjacent to the first channel to evacuate gas from an area disposed between the nozzle assembly and a substrate, and a pair of confinement gas channels arranged adjacent to the plurality of second channels to supply a confinement gas flow.
- Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may further provide a display fabricated using a nozzle assembly to deposit organic materials, the nozzle assembly having a plurality of nozzles, with each nozzle comprising a plurality of separate types of flow channels which include a first channel to provide a delivery gas including an organic material, a plurality of second channels arranged adjacent to the first channel to evacuate gas from an area disposed between the nozzle assembly and a substrate, and a plurality of confinement gas channels arranged adjacent to the plurality of second channels to supply a confinement gas flow.
- the OVJP deposition nozzle discussed above in connection with FIGS. 1-21 may be used in deposition printing of, for example, a display device.
- the deposition printing may be on a planar surface, such as a planar substrate, and/or may be on a non-planar surface, such as a curved substrate, and/or a flexible substrate used in a roll-to-roll deposition process.
- conventional OVJP print head designs rely on stopping the carrier gas flow to stop printing. This typically is ineffective due to the large volume of carrier gas between the print head and sublimation source valve, which still may exit the system after the carrier gas flow is stopped.
- the print nozzle acts as a flow restrictor, and the volume of gas and organic vapor trapped in the stagnant gas line slowly flow through the nozzle until the volume of carrier gas is depleted, which may result in undesired deposition of material on a substrate.
- Other conventional techniques to stop printing rely on venting the source to vacuum which quickly evacuate the gas line, or shutting the source carrier gas off. Generally, both of these techniques may not be reversed with good control to rapidly start printing (see, e.g., Digital-Mode Organic Vapor Jet Printing (D-OVJP): Advanced Jet-on-Demand Control of Organic Thin film deposition, Yun et. al, Adv. Mater. 2012).
- D-OVJP Digital-Mode Organic Vapor Jet Printing
- embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a print head having rapid start and stop capability by modulating one or more process parameters.
- an actuator may adjust the fly height of a nozzle so as to rapidly stop and start printing.
- OVJP deposition nozzles as disclosed herein are capable of producing relatively small features (e.g., small linewidths), with minimized overspray deposition of organic materials beyond the intended printing zone.
- Overspray generally refers to a thin coating of undesired printed material that may surround the intentionally printed regions of a substrate. For example, deposition that extends beyond 10% of the full-width at 5% peak height (FW5M)) of a feature may be considered overspray. The presence of overspray may leave material printed in unintended regions with undesirable consequences.
- FW5M peak height
- the nozzle may use a combination of a predetermined low mass carrier gas, evacuation channels adjacent to the deposition channel, and a source of additional gas to confine the deposition to a narrow area under the deposition and exhaust channels.
- a system may include a nozzle as previously described, a source of material to be deposited on a substrate in fluid communication with the nozzle, a delivery gas source in fluid communication with the source of material to be deposited with the nozzle, an exhaust channel disposed adjacent to the nozzle, a confinement gas source in fluid communication with the nozzle and the exhaust channel, and disposed adjacent to the exhaust channel, and an actuator to adjust a fly height separation between a deposition nozzle aperture of the nozzle and a deposition target.
- the adjustment of the fly height separation may stop the deposition of the material from the nozzle. That is, the adjustment of the fly height may prevent delivery gas flow from impinging on the substrate.
- FIG. 22 shows a cross-section of the nozzle assembly, which is similar to that shown in FIG. 4 and described above. That is, FIG. 22 shows a channel though which material is deposited onto a substrate, as well as the vacuum and confinement channels of the chamber having the print head.
- FIG. 23A shows an example nozzle array 301 according to an embodiment, which may include one or more nozzles.
- the nozzle array 301 may be one or more nozzles as previously described with respect to FIGS. 11-13 , or it may be a nozzle array or other arrangement of multiple nozzles, such as described with respect to FIGS. 14A-B , 15 , and 16 .
- the nozzle array 301 may deposit material onto the substrate 302 according to a fly height of the nozzle array 301 , where the “fly height” refers to the separation between a deposition nozzle aperture of the nozzle array 301 and a deposition target (e.g., the substrate 302 ).
- the fly height of the nozzle array 301 may be adjusted by an actuator 310 , which is controlled by a controller 320 .
- a displacement sensor 330 may determine the distance between the nozzle array 301 and the substrate 302 .
- the distance detected by the displacement sensor 330 may be provided to the controller 320 so as to control the actuator 310 . That is, the displacement sensor 330 may be a sensor to determine the fly height over a deposition target (e.g., the substrate 302 ), for example, that is moving in a plane parallel to a deposition nozzle aperture of the nozzle array 301 .
- the controller 320 may be any processor, integrated circuit, field programmable gate array, and/or programmable logic device to control the operation of the actuator 310 .
- the actuator 310 as controlled by the controller 320 , may adjust the fly height of the nozzle array 301 so as to turn on or turn off the deposition of material onto the substrate. That is, when the fly height is increased such that the nozzle array is a first distance from the substrate, the material may be stopped from being deposited onto the substrate. When the fly height is decreased such that the nozzle array is a second distance from the substrate, the material may be deposited onto the substrate.
- the distances at which materials are or are not deposited on the substrate may be predetermined for a particular set of process parameters, allowing for deposition to be rapidly and simply started and stopped.
- deposition may be stopped when the fly height is increased beyond a particular point because the confinement flow, in combination with the removal of material by the exhaust, may prevent material from reaching the substrate once the fly height is increased beyond that point.
- Increasing the fly height between the nozzle array and substrate may increase the length to be traversed by the delivery flow to reach the substrate, increasing the portion of organic vapor captured by the exhaust.
- Increasing fly height may also increase the flow of confinement gas towards the exhausts, further increasing the efficiency of organic vapor removal from the deposition zone, as shown in FIGS. 23B-23C .
- a one or more displacement sensors 330 may be situated adjacent a nozzle array 301 to sense the separation between the nozzle array and a substrate 302 .
- This fly height separation may be controlled by an actuator 310 that changes the position of the substrate relative to the print head.
- streamlines of delivery flow 501 extend to the substrate.
- Organic vapor may be transported to the substrate.
- Confinement flow 502 may flow around the zone of deposition on the substrate.
- streamlines of delivery flow do not extend to the substrate and no organic material is transported to the substrate surface.
- the streamlines of confinement gas flow 502 lay between the delivery gas flow and the substrate.
- Organic vapor in the delivery flow may be collected by exhaust channels when the fly height exceeds a specified value, so as to allow printing to be turned on and off by controlling fly height.
- the controller 320 and the actuator 310 may adjust the fly height such that the delivery gas flow is less than or equal to an exhaust flow from the exhaust channel.
- the adjusted fly height separation between a deposition nozzle aperture of a nozzle of the nozzle array 301 and a deposition target (e.g., the substrate 302 ) to stop the deposition may be, for example, five to ten times the fly height separation to deposit the material. In some embodiments, the adjusted fly height separation to stop the deposition may be greater than 10 times the fly height separation to deposit the material.
- the controller 320 may control the actuator 310 to vary the fly height according to a position of a deposition target (e.g., the substrate 302 ) that is moving in a plane parallel to a deposition nozzle aperture of a nozzle of the nozzle array 301 .
- a deposition target e.g., the substrate 302
- One or more nozzles of the nozzle array 301 may be controlled by the controller 320 to deposit the feature according to at least one of a chamber pressure, an exhaust pressure, an exhaust flow, a delivery flow, and fly height.
- the sensor 330 may detect not only the fly height, but one or more of the chamber pressure, the exhaust pressure, the exhaust flow, and/or the delivery flow.
- the controller 320 may adjust the fly height is such that the delivery gas flow is less than or equal to an exhaust flow from the exhaust channel.
- a chamber pressure of 25 to 1000 Torr may stop the deposition of the material from a nozzle of the nozzle array 301 .
- a chamber pressure of 25 to 500 Torr and/or 100 to 200 Torr may stop the deposition of the material from a nozzle of the nozzle array 301 .
- the fly height separation may be 25 ⁇ m to 75 ⁇ m, and a chamber pressure is 50 to 200 Torr when the material is deposited by a nozzle of the nozzle array 301 .
- higher a chamber pressure may allow for a smaller fly height separation to prevent or cut off deposition of material on the substrate, for otherwise constant process parameters, as described in further detail below.
- a feature deposited by the nozzle array 301 may be, for example, a line, a pixel or sub-pixel, and/or a pattern, such as for a patterned OLED or other device.
- the width of the feature across the substrate may be less than or equal to 1000 ⁇ m. For example, where a square or rectangular pixel or sub-pixel is to deposited, the longest width of the pixel or sub-pixel across the substrate may be 1000 ⁇ m or less. Where a line is deposited, the width of the line across the substrate may be 1000 ⁇ m or less, though any length line may be deposited by, for example, relative translation of the substrate and nozzle.
- the feature may be less than 50 ⁇ m full width at half maximum (FWHM). That is, the controller 320 may control the nozzle array 301 to deposit a feature that is less than 50 microns FWHM according to at least one of a chamber pressure, an exhaust pressure, an exhaust flow, a delivery flow, and fly height.
- FWHM full width at half maximum
- the controller 320 may control the nozzle array 301 to stop the ejection of the material by changing at least one of a fly height, a gas flow, and a chamber pressure.
- FIG. 24 shows a bottom view of example nozzle apertures as disclosed herein (e.g., of the nozzle array 301 of FIG. 23 ) on a silicon die (e.g., MEMS nozzle looking at the nozzles as seen from the substrate).
- the nozzle assembly or print head may be located above a substrate with a gap of about 10 to 1000 microns (see, e.g., FIG. 22 ).
- the deposition flow may include organic material entrained in a carrier gas, and vacuum is provided by a vacuum pump operating at a pressure lower than the chamber ambient pressure.
- Confinement gas may be provided by the ambient chamber gas, or may be supplied through the print head in separate channels as previously described, for example, with respect to FIGS. 13-14 .
- pixels or sub-pixels may be arranged in linear rows so as to form colored lines and/or stripes on the display.
- the pixels may be printed as continuous features (e.g., lines) from one end of the active (pixelated) area to the opposite end. Such printing may be continuous along each line, and OLED material is deposited on the separations between the pixels along the line.
- one disadvantage of conventional OVJP techniques is the inability to rapidly start and stop printing at the beginning and end of the active display area.
- the printed organic features e.g., lines, stripes, pixels, patterns, or the like
- the printed organic features are continuous and extend outside the area of a cover glass seal, then a manufactured display will have a shortened lifetime due to moisture and oxygen permeation through the exposed organic.
- the gas curtain parameter space was studied using both two dimensional DSMC and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques.
- the structure was treated in cross-section as shown in FIG. 4 , with its in-plane extents being treated as infinite.
- the importance of edge effects was estimated by simulating the same structure using three dimensional CFD. This was used to generate a map of organic flux onto the plane of the substrate shown in FIG. 18 . Regions of high organic flux 801 correlate with the expected size and shape of the printed spot size underneath the nozzle assembly.
- the intensity of organic flux is given by grayscale 802 .
- the simulation predicted well-controlled edge effects that are not expected to degrade overall printing performance.
- a set of dies containing gas curtain depositors was fabricated from a pair of Si wafers using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) to form straight sidewalled trenches.
- DRIE deep reactive ion etching
- Mirror image structures on the etched faces of the wafers were aligned to each other and the wafers pair was bonded using Au—Ge solder. This process formed channels within the die. Vertical sidewalls of the trenches became the sides of the channels.
- the relief between the polished surface of one Si wafer and the bottom of an etched trench on the other wafer defined the depth of some channels.
- Deeper channels were formed by matching etched trenches so that the channel depth was the sum of the etch depth. Vias to address the upstream ends of the channels were etched through the outside surface of the bonded wafer pair with DRIE. The organic vapor and delivery gas channels were addressed through vias on one side of the wafer, while the exhaust channels were addressed through vias on the other side. Dies were singulated from the wafer pair using either DRIE or stealth dicing to make very ( ⁇ 10 ⁇ m) precisely positioned cuts with minimal kerf. The apertures of both the nozzles (e.g., delivery channels) and exhaust channels were defined by the intersection of internal channels within the die and its lower edge formed by the dicing process. The structure includes a set of five nozzles, each of which contains a central organic supply channel flanked by exhaust channels to remove recoiled organic material.
- FIG. 19 shows a scanning electron micrograph of the features etched into one side of the wafer pair, which illustrates the internal structure of an example die according to an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- the delivery channel 901 runs from a widened feed channel 902 to a breakout line 903 at the base of the die defining its underside.
- Exhaust apertures 904 on either side of the nozzle may allow surplus organic vapor and delivery gas to escape through exhaust channels 905 to low pressure regions outside of the chamber.
- Recesses etched into the underside of the die 906 may serve as confinement distribution channels that facilitate the flow of confinement gas from the chamber ambient to the underside of the nozzle assembly and thus improve the uniformity of the resulting gas curtain.
- the structure shown in FIG. 19 was aligned and bonded to a second Si wafer containing mirror images of structures 904 and 905 . This resulted in a sealed structure in which the nozzle was effectively surrounded by exhaust apertures.
- FIG. 20A The features of a nozzle assembly are visible from the outside when the die is viewed edge on.
- Organic vapor is ejected onto the substrate through a delivery aperture 1001 .
- the nozzle assembly moves relative to the substrate in a direction parallel to the long axis of the delivery aperture.
- the delivery aperture is surrounded on both of its long sides by apertures of exhaust channels 1002 .
- the exhaust apertures of the exhaust channels collect excess organic vapor to prevent it from condensing onto the substrate outside of the intended deposition zone.
- the long axes of the exhaust apertures of the exhaust channels extend beyond those of the delivery aperture to prevent spreading of organic vapor due to edge effects near the ends of the central nozzle.
- Confinement gas enters along the edges of the bottom face of the nozzle assembly.
- the flow of the confinement gas from the chamber ambient is facilitated through confinement distribution channels cut into the underside of the nozzle assembly 1003 .
- These channels are on both sides of the nozzle assembly and run parallel to the long axis of the nozzle aperture (e.g., the aperture of the delivery channel). They may create a uniform flow of confinement gas from their inner edges to the exhaust channel, creating a gas curtain to prevent the migration of organic vapor outside of the intended deposition zone.
- Confinement gas can also enter along the die edges parallel to the short axis of the nozzle aperture 1004 .
- the channels within the die that connect to the delivery and exhaust apertures are fabricated by mating etched surfaces of two Si wafers with features such as those shown in FIG. 19 .
- the wafers, and the singulated dies resulting from them are bonded together with Au—Ge eutectic solder, such as described in U.S. Patent Publication 2014/0116331, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- the solder joint 1005 runs horizontally through the midsection of the die.
- a pressure of 100 Torr at a confinement gas inlet, such as inlet 403 in FIG. 4 is expected to be near optimal.
- the increase in diffusion coefficient and organic molecule mean free path below 10 Torr limits the effectiveness of the gas curtain.
- operating at pressures significantly higher than 300 Torr tends to restrict diffusive transport of organic vapor to the substrate.
- the nozzle assembly is heated to prevent condensation of organic vapor. It operates at approximately 300° C., as does the evaporation and mixing hardware upstream of it.
- the base of the nozzle assembly is held 50 ⁇ m over the substrate.
- Confinement gas can be either fed into the deposition zone through dedicated nozzles or drawn from the chamber ambient, as in the in the initial experiments. Since the organic vapor jet delivery gas and confinement gas need not come from the same source, dissimilar gases may be used.
- a light delivery gas such as helium can be used to increase the rate of diffusion of organic vapor underneath the nozzle.
- a heavier gas such as argon or sulfur hexafluoride can suppress both organic vapor diffusion and heat transfer to the substrate in the confinement gas.
- Using a light delivery gas and heavy confinement gas broadens the range of suitable ambient operating pressures, possibly up to atmospheric pressure. The capability to perform OVJP at atmospheric pressure has been previous demonstrated, but at substantially coarser resolution.
- Interaction between molecules of organic vapor and the delivery gas was modeled using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method of Bird.
- the delivery gas flow field was computed first. Tracers representing organic vapor were then introduced into this flow field. Their trajectories are determined by interactions with delivery gas molecules.
- a helium delivery gas was modeled as hard spheres having a diameter of 2.8 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 10 m and a mass of 0.004 kg/mol.
- Organic molecules were modeled as having a diameter of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 9 m and a mass of 0.5 kg/mol, typical of OLED materials.
- Non-unity sticking can be modeled by treating the sticking coefficient ⁇ as an accommodation coefficient commonly used to model the thermal interaction between gas molecules and a boundary.
- An organic molecule crossing the substrate boundary has a probability of thermalizing with its boundary. Since the substrate is below the molecule's sublimation temperature, a thermalized molecule becomes adsorbed. Conversely, an incident organic molecule has 1 ⁇ probability of not thermalizing with the boundary. If so, it remains in the vapor phase and spectacularly reflects from the substrate boundary.
- FIG. 20B An embodiment of a deposition system as described herein with respect to FIG. 20A was tested by fabricating a structure as shown in FIG. 20B , by growing an emissive layer 1012 of a phosphorescent OLED.
- the emissive layer included a green emitting organic electrophosphorescent compound mixed with an organic host deposited with organic vapor jet printing of an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter.
- the OLED was fabricated on a glass substrate 1011 and included an anode layer, a hole injection layer, and a hole transport layer 1013 deposited underneath the emissive layer by standard methods.
- An electron transport layer and electron injection layer 1014 were deposited over the emissive layer, as was a cathode 1015 .
- a region containing as little as 0.2 ⁇ of electrophosphorescent material between layers 1013 and 1014 will luminesce brightly when current is applied, making this structure relatively effective for determining the fate of deposited material.
- FIGS. 21A-21B show examples of lines printed by two different organic vapor jet nozzle assemblies.
- the line in FIG. 21A was printed by an air curtain nozzle assembly according to an embodiment, similar to the structure shown in FIGS. 20A-20B .
- the chamber ambient was 100 Torr N 2 .
- Helium delivery gas laden with organic vapor was fed through each 20 by 150 ⁇ m nozzle in the die at 4 sccm, while approximately 10 sccm of gas was withdrawn through each pair of 40 by 450 ⁇ m exhaust channels flanking the nozzle (e.g., the delivery channel).
- the resulting printed feature had a center portion 1101 approximately 195 ⁇ m wide that phosphoresced brightly.
- FIG. 21B shows conventional results achieved without a gas curtain.
- the center of the printed line portion 1104 is 162 ⁇ m wide, but it is surrounded on each side by a 130 ⁇ m wide luminescent border 1105 , indicating the presence of extraneous material. Removal of this extraneous material by the gas curtain results in features that are 46% narrower.
- important deposition results include the printed feature width (e.g., printed line width, printed pixel width, printed pattern width, or the like), feature profile or shape (e.g., the line, pixel, and/or pattern profile and/or shape), overspray (and/or cross talk between neighboring pixels, patterns, lines, and/or features), deposition rate, and the ability to abruptly start and stop deposition (e.g., control the starting and stopping of deposition).
- the printed feature width e.g., printed line width, printed pixel width, printed pattern width, or the like
- feature profile or shape e.g., the line, pixel, and/or pattern profile and/or shape
- overspray and/or cross talk between neighboring pixels, patterns, lines, and/or features
- deposition rate e.g., control the starting and stopping of deposition
- Important process parameters are fly height (e.g., the distance between the plane of the nozzle aperture and the printing surface, or, alternatively known as a fly height separation, which is a distance between a deposition nozzle aperture of a nozzle and a deposition target), printing surface temperature, print speed, chamber pressure and confinement gas species, deposition flow rate and delivery gas species, exhaust channel vacuum level, width of the deposition channel, width of the exhaust channel, width of separation between deposition and exhaust channels, and delivery pressure (e.g. from a source).
- One or more of at least the aforementioned process parameters may have an effect on the printed feature width (e.g., line width, pixel width, pattern width, or the like), profile and the deposition rate.
- a desired feature width may be obtained using different combinations of parameters.
- overspray, thickness profile of the deposited film across the width of the feature e.g., line, pixel, pattern, or the like
- deposition rate may not be equivalent for the differing combinations.
- FIG. 29 shows trends for a given nozzle geometry according to embodiments of the disclosed subject matter.
- the deposition rate decreases for a constant delivery gas flow (e.g., 16 standard cubic centimeters per minute (SCCM) or the like).
- SCCM standard cubic centimeters per minute
- the fly height increases (e.g., from 25 ⁇ m, to 40 ⁇ m, to 50 ⁇ m or the like)
- the deposition rate decreases for a constant delivery gas flow (e.g., 16 SCCM or the like).
- the deposition rate may also decrease.
- the profile width may decrease as the chamber pressure increases (e.g., from 150 Torr, to 175 Torr, to 200 Torr, and the like) for a constant delivery gas flow.
- this general trend may not hold for all conditions.
- nozzle geometry of the disclosed subject matter may include deposition rate increases with increased deposition flow for a constant fly height and chamber pressure.
- Another trend may include that as a feature width (e.g., line width, pixel width, pattern width, or the like) increases with decreasing chamber pressure for a constant fly height and delivery gas flow.
- feature width e.g., line width, pixel width, pattern width, or the like
- FWHM full width at half maximum
- a combination of process parameters and print head geometry may be used for display printing or printing of desired feature shapes or dimensions.
- the process parameters and geometry may include a print head geometry of 20:20:20 (i.e., deposition channel width: deposition channel to exhaust channel separation: exhaust channel width, in microns), a chamber pressure of 175 Torr, a carrier gas flow of 16 SCCM, and a fly height of 40 ⁇ m. These conditions may provide a printed width of about 90 ⁇ m. This may be adequate to fill a 50 ⁇ m wide feature (e.g., a pixel) that is surrounded by 50 ⁇ m grid to isolate the feature (e.g., pixel).
- the deposition may be stopped, with little or no residual deposition or overspray.
- Deposition gas and organic vapor may be removed by the action of the confinement gas and the exhaust nozzle.
- the fly height may be set and/or adjusted to 350 ⁇ m, and the fly height may be decreased to 40 ⁇ m, at which point printing may begin.
- a fly height of 350 ⁇ m or greater may be used to idle the system, which could be rapidly started again by decreasing the fly height (e.g., where the actuator decreases the fly height).
- FIG. 25 shows 100 ⁇ m wide features (e.g., lines) printed on silicon substrates demonstrating the turn off and turn on capability of the nozzle design. The image shown in FIG. 25 was obtained using a UV microscope.
- FIG. 26 shows flow lines and velocities along the X-direction (e.g., a direction that is perpendicular to a direction of printing) generated by a CFD model of the nozzle assembly showing the conditions to achieve “lift off” or to turn off printing.
- the flow coming from the central (deposition) nozzle interacts with the flow of the confinement gas, and both are swept into the exhaust channels.
- the confinement flow may be greater than the deposition flow, and as a result no deposition flow may reach the substrate.
- FIG. 27 shows flow lines for the same process conditions as FIG. 26 , but along the Y-direction (e.g., a direction parallel to the direction of printing).
- the confinement flow lines show attachment to the substrate before being swept into the exhaust.
- FIG. 28 is a three-dimensional (3D) view of lift-off conditions, showing that minimal or no deposition gas reaches the surface of the substrate.
- the fly height may be lowered.
- the deposition flow may be increased.
- the chamber pressure may be decreased.
- the parameter that can be changed most rapidly is fly height, and this technique has been used to stop and start deposition as shown in FIG. 25 . That is, an actuator (e.g., actuator 310 shown in FIG. 23 ) may change the fly height of the print head, so that when the fly height is increased, the deposition may stop, and when the fly height is decreased, the deposition may start.
- an actuator e.g., actuator 310 shown in FIG. 23
- the deposition may stop, and when the fly height is decreased, the deposition may start.
- the fly height required for lift-off of the delivery flow away from the substrate and complete stoppage of deposition may depend on one or more other process parameters, including delivery gas flow rate and chamber pressure.
- FIG. 30 shows the deposition rate of organic material, measured along the deposition aperture centerline, of a 20:40:40 (deposition channel width: deposition channel to exhaust channel separation: exhaust channel width; in microns) nozzle operating in a chamber filled with 100 Torr Ar.
- the dependence of deposition rate may be nearly linear with respect to fly height g.
- the horizontal axis intercept of the fit line approximately corresponds to the height at which lift off occurs. This is consistent with FIG. 25 , showing a complete cessation of deposition when the fly height is greater than the height required for lift off.
- the slope of the fit lines may depend on the delivery gas flow rate.
- the line for 5 sccm/nozzle has a steeper negative slope than the line for 10 sccm/nozzle. Lift-off may therefore occur at a smaller fly height for a delivery flow of 5 sccm/nozzle than for 10 sccm/nozzle.
- Chamber pressure may also affect lift-off behavior. Film thickness profiles along the widths of lines printed using a 15:10:20 nozzle array (e.g., nozzle bock 301 ) at a delivery gas flow rate of 16 sccm/nozzle are shown in FIG. 29 .
- the fractional change in deposition rate between 40 ⁇ m and 50 ⁇ m fly height may increase in significance at 200 Torr, than at 150 Torr and 175 Torr. This suggests that the fly height for lift off at 200 Torr is approximately 50 ⁇ m, but may be greater at lower pressures.
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